HANZEN Alexei

HANZEN Alexei

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Alexei Vasilievich VON HANZEN (1876–1937)
Russian / Ukrainian

Oil on Canvas: Coastal View from a Villa Terrace
Signed lower right

This refined coastal terrace view by Alexei Vasilievich von Hanzen stages an intimate moment high above a broad, steel‑blue bay: a flower‑lined wall, warm ochre architecture and two quiet figures lead the eye toward the distant mountains and shimmering expanse of sea. The composition feels effortlessly elegant architecture, lush greenery, rocky shoreline and luminous water held in perfect balance, and in the soft, atmospheric light and romantic sense of space we clearly feel the enduring influence of Ivan Aivazovsky.

It makes perfect sense that this painting is so deeply marked by Aivazovsky’s spirit: Ivan Aivazovsky, Hanzen’s grandfather and teacher, is celebrated as one of the greatest masters of marine art and a central figure of Russian Romantic painting, famed for his dramatic, light‑suffused seascapes and sweeping horizons. In Hanzen’s work we see that heritage carried forward with a more intimate, early 20th‑century sensibility, still devoted to the poetry of light on water, but now translated into quiet terraces, secluded bays and collected, contemplative moods such as the one captured in this oil on canvas.

Price : Upon Request

Materials / Techniques: Oil on Canvas